The New Cold War Is Obama’s Rendezvous With Destiny The New Cold War Is Obama’s Rendezvous With Destiny
The New Cold War has arrived, and the Washington hawks are unprepared.
Jul 30, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Will Putin Go All-In on Ukraine if Rebels Are Near Defeat? Will Putin Go All-In on Ukraine if Rebels Are Near Defeat?
Only Putin knows. But he also knows he doesn’t have to fear a US or NATO military response.
Jul 25, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Russian and American News Media Give ‘Mirror Image’ Accounts of MH17 Crash Russian and American News Media Give ‘Mirror Image’ Accounts of MH17 Crash
In Russia and in the US, the media play the blame game.
Jul 22, 2014 / Press Room
Ukraine: Anvil of the New Cold War Ukraine: Anvil of the New Cold War
To understand the present crisis over downed Malaysian flight MH17, we need to look at the roots of the new Cold War.
Jul 21, 2014 / Tom Hayden
Just How Left-Wing Is Italy’s New Prime Minister? Just How Left-Wing Is Italy’s New Prime Minister?
The old left sneers at the recently elected Matteo Renzi. But he’s already carried out undeniably redistributive measures during his brief tenure.
Jul 16, 2014 / Frederika Randall
Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count
Humpty Dumpty hasn’t been put back together yet, thirteen years after the US invasion.
Jul 8, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities
The regime has repeatedly carried out artillery and air attacks on city centers, creating a humanitarian catastrophe—which is all but ignored by the US political-media establ...
Jun 30, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Vanden Heuvel Tells Kristol That if He Wants War, He Should Join the Iraqi Army Vanden Heuvel Tells Kristol That if He Wants War, He Should Join the Iraqi Army
How to really speak truth to neocon blather.
Jun 30, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Putin’s Ukraine Policy Backfires Putin’s Ukraine Policy Backfires
Whatever Russia may have wanted to accomplish in Ukraine since last November, it has accomplished the opposite.
Jun 26, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
The US Still Has a Soft Spot for Brutal Military Dictators The US Still Has a Soft Spot for Brutal Military Dictators
The conviction of three Al Jazeera journalists yesterday underscored the hypocrisy of US support for Egypt’s General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
Jun 24, 2014 / Robert Scheer